blandishment

noun blan·dish·ment \ -dish-mənt \

|Updated on: 7 Jun 2018

Definition of blandishment

: something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement —often used in plural

… refuses to yield to their blandishments …
—Irving Babbitt

Recent Examples of blandishment from the Web

The sweetening tone was just the latest change in a roller-coaster game of brinkmanship — talks about talks with two unpredictable world leaders trading threats and blandishments.

— Washington Post, "Korea summit after all? Trump says ‘everybody plays games’," 26 May 2018
The sweetening tone was just the latest change in a roller-coaster game of brinkmanship — talks about talks with two unpredictable world leaders trading threats and blandishments.

— Fox News, "Trump shifts stance on Korea summit from 'off' to 'maybe'," 26 May 2018
Reports of gobblers hanging with flocks of hens and seemingly immune to even the most tempting blandishments of hunters, including gobblers ignoring or even avoiding decoys, have been ubiquitous during early weeks of this season.

— shannon tompkins, Houston Chronicle, "Sound advice: More gobbles on horizon during turkey season," 11 Apr. 2018
Voters were subject to bribes, blandishments and threats in an effort to get them to the polls.

— declan walsh, New York Times, "Egypt’s Early Vote Tally: Sisi, 92%, Token Opponent, 3%," 29 Mar. 2018
The blandishments of Gabo, as everyone called him, were impossible to deny.

— jon lee anderson, Condé Nast Traveler, "Stepping Beyond Cartagena: Exploring Colombia's Northern Reaches," 21 Mar. 2018
Mr Xi’s innovation is to single out young Taiwanese and to pile on the blandishments.

— The Economist, "BanyanChina is getting tougher on Taiwan," 18 Jan. 2018
Myanmar, which had long been dominated by anti-Chinese sentiment, is now accepting China’s blandishments.

— william a. galston, WSJ, "The World Has Taken Trump’s Measure," 5 Dec. 2017
Pharma companies spend billions on TV ads, doctor blandishments and expensive salespeople to keep prescriptions flowing.

— NBC News, "Former Pharma Rep Now Helps Doctors Save Money on Drugs," 9 June 2017

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